one of the most common "defences" of jw organization is that "the brothers" are imperfect yet still strive to follow god's word.
"sure, they make mistakes," so the argument goes, "but so did god's people in the past, including in bible times.
" the key point is their readiness to keep studying god's word and learning from their mistakes.".
They are imperfect.... agreed but they are the only ones guided by the Holy Spirit, acting as the channel of communication between God and mankind, as per their own argument.
Then why the heck do they make false predictions /reasoning / claims ? So what is the part of the Holy spirit then ?
i was surprised that there are half (or more) million dollar estates the gb lives in.
gated communities.
close to the warwick site.
Does anyone have any evidence that the GB travel in business class when Flying ?
I had been arguing about this with my JW wife for a very long time and she vehemently denies it.
I had never flown other than in an Economy class, all my life and cannot afford more than that.
first of all, i want to say thanks to all of you guys who gave me advice on my first post.
it really helped and i will try to use all of it.
now, i been doing research on what is false about the jdubs.
good afternoon , .
i wanted to ask everyone here , what was your trigger to waking up ?
i have been waking up for a long time , but in looking back it’s hard for me to look at one event and say “ ah ha “ , i think mine is like a slow leak - like a crack in a damn - and then hold on , because after that it’s just a flood of information.
607 BC and 1975 AD were my Saviors !!
i’ve just won the lottery!.
this will really make all of you jealous!
no truly, i won’t have to work again, enough money for all my needs and more, a lot more!
Someone, somewhere, sometime wins the Lottery and its very tangible. They get a multi fold for what they paid.
But religions are just scams. They get everything from you, promising you of multi fold returns, but never give back any.
the watchtower study is not real bible study.
it is a study to introduce wtbts beliefs,doctrines, and practices.
just think for a moment!
Bible is a book of ancient myths, superstitions, fables, Ignorance and arrogance.
And a bunch of Guys, self proclaiming as GB, translating and interpreting the Bible for their own advantage.
yesterday, i had my sister come over to tell my mother and i that she will no longer have anything to do with us, because we need to come back to the meetings, it’s what jehovah wants, and hands her a letter to read and asks for a final hug.
my mother has been dealing with a terrible lost of dad since july, and has been very ill with stress because of it.
i no longer belong to the organization either, and i have been helping my mother out thru this ordeal, it is just as rough on me.
Most of JWs are not Knowledgeable about who the GB members are. My still in wife and mom don't know even one GB by name. All they do is, follow instructions.
Recently my mom is pressurizing me a lot to return to the "Truth" again. I think there is tremendous pressure to lure back Ex members.
if jehovah is a “ perfect “ god and our everlasting life is in the balance - why then does a perfect god give us a very imperfect guide book “ bible “ one that is open for interpretation hundreds - or more - different ways.
if you look at it as an instruction book , it most likely is the worst written instruction book in mankind’s history.
i cannot interpret an instruction book on “ flying a plane “ , it only has one interpretation as your life depends on it , but alas it was written by imperfect men.
You can own slaves as well as beat them, provided they don't die.
No, not me, its the Holy Bible saying so.
i was just thinking it would be funny if apostates set up jwfacts carts and placed them in areas where the jws do their metropolitan witnessing to unwitness to people the witnesses have spoken to.
it would probably get the jws backs up like or it would stop the cart witnessing altogether.
This Anti-Cart anti-witnessing would only strengthen their "Armageddon is right around the corner" faith.
i thought it was bad enough that jw`s put in weekly reports of fs hours every month in the d2d work when in fact the average publisher would never mention this "good news of the kingdom" to the householder .. more often than not it would be something like some mundane thing about what they have observed about the householders property whether they have kids ,what a lovely garden they have before being cut off by the householder with i`m not interested knowing jw`s are trying to convert them/sell them the watchtower and closing the door.. yet the jw goes away happily putting in a report telling jehovah they have spent so much time in the fs witnessing about him and the kingdom of christ jesus...... cart witnessing is even a worse lie ,why ?
because jw`s make no attempt to witness to anybody they expect people to come to them to be witnessed to which of course never happens .
they spend hours upon hours a month telling jehovah by their fs reports they hand in how much they have witnessed for him ,when in fact they have done nothing of the sort .. they chit chat among themselves witnessing to nobody for hours on end and then lie in their fs report they have been witnessing for jehovah ?.
When I was in, I was advised by Fellow Jws to start the time by providing a pamphlet to any on goers, before getting into my car at home for FS.
In that way, my FS starts from then onward and would continue into the meeting for FS and then into the Territory D2D or return visits.
So I added my 15 mins of drive to the KH as FS time. If I look back now, cant stop laughing.
